Gemini 3.5 Flash (Minimal) vs Step 3.5 Flash 2603

Gemini 3.5 Flash (Minimal) vs Step 3.5 Flash 2603. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

Verdict

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A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricGemini 3.5 Flash (Minimal)Step 3.5 Flash 2603Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)23.817.0−28.6% Step 3.5 Flash 2603 is 28.6% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reportedNot reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)3.41s20.55s+502.6% Step 3.5 Flash 2603 is 502.6% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$1.50 / $9.00$0.10 / $0.30
Input modalitiesText, Image, Speech, VideoText
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